Shredded by summer cont'd. Iparatroop goes from fat to fit.

Montego1 said:
I took this weekend off too brother. New work schedual has me out of sorts. Gym tomorrow though. Might cut the deload short since it will be basicly foour days off.
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Schedule changes suck most of the time. For the first few days you're fine, then it catches up. I totally understand man. I've changed time zones a lot. Sucks.
mustang0341 said:
Seems as though we all took the wkend off. All good though, a hard reset and back at it!
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I hadn't really planned on it, it just sorta worked out that way. I can't say that I'm not happy about it though. It felt good.
IrishSoldier said:
Literally everyone I've seen so far has pretty much taken the weekend off haha. I know I sure did! Time to get our **** together this week
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Yeah man, it's nice to reset every once in a while. Looking back, I wish I would have taken a nice long run, but oh well. Back to the grind.
 
Chest session this morning. Had a tag-along with me this morning so rest periods were maybe :10 seconds longer.

Incline DB press
75x10
75x10
75x10
75x10 1 min rest

Flat flyes
47.5x10
47.5x10
47.5x10
47.5x10 1 min rest

Hex press
50x10
50x10
50x10
50x10 1 min rest/2 sec squeeze

Pec deck
115x10
115x10
115x10
115x10
115x10
115x10
115x10 :30 sec rest/2 sec squeeze

Decline press machine (weight is each side)
90x10
115x10
115x10
115x8
45x35 1 min rest/2 sec squeeze

BW dips
15x3

15min treadmill cardio

Supps
1 serving fat smack
1 versa-1
2 scoops MBCAAs

Weight this Monday 189.75
 
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So, there are two bands that I WON'T miss when they come within 100 miles of me. Tonight I saw one of them. Bad Religion, after 33 years, still kill it. (The other band is Slayer).
 
MANotaur said:
Fat stims ftw!
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Yep, definitely did the trick this morning. It makes me sweat something fierce, and I appreciate that. It's still a little early to assess fat loss, but I'm leaner in the mornings and that's a good sign. I've also had no trouble sleeping, so it's not over-stimulating. No GI issues, and I take it on an empty stomach. I like it.
 
Back this morning

Wide grip lat pulldowns
130x10
130x8
115x10
130x10 1min rest periods

Cable seated row (close grip)
130x10
130x10
130x10
130x10 1min rest periods

Barbell Bent over row
100x10
100x10
100x10
100x10 1min rest periods

Meadows Row
65x10
65x10
65x8
65x8
45x15 1min rest periods

Straight arm pushdowns
60x10
60x10
50x10
50x10
50x10
50x8
40x10 :30sec rest periods

Good mornings
135x10
135x8
135x8 1min rest.

Four sets of cable chops each side, 12 slow reps@120lbs (working on my softball swing)

Supps
1 serving fat smack
1 versa-1
2 scoops MBCAAs intra
 
iparatroop said:
Yep, definitely did the trick this morning. It makes me sweat something fierce, and I appreciate that. It's still a little early to assess fat loss, but I'm leaner in the mornings and that's a good sign. I've also had no trouble sleeping, so it's not over-stimulating. No GI issues, and I take it on an empty stomach. I like it.
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i appreciate them, i just havent used stims for fat loss for very much sucess. Even at my leanest, which was about 10-11% bf ish, i still didnt use them.

ive always gotten my stims from black coffee (which i hate) and some form of energy drink. I use them to function throughout the day and not always as a supp...i prolly should though...i just like the idea of BCAA only.

but hell ive seen some people get straight up ripped off of hydroxycut and protein alone...and on the flipside ive seen people eat redline and oxyelite like pez and still not lose an oz so just like with anything else its all reletive
 
Barbell bent over rows kill me. For some reason I can't breathe right on them and it feels like ima pass out after 2 struggled sets of 6
 
MANotaur said:
i appreciate them, i just havent used stims for fat loss for very much sucess. Even at my leanest, which was about 10-11% bf ish, i still didnt use them.

ive always gotten my stims from black coffee (which i hate) and some form of energy drink. I use them to function throughout the day and not always as a supp...i prolly should though...i just like the idea of BCAA only.

but hell ive seen some people get straight up ripped off of hydroxycut and protein alone...and on the flipside ive seen people eat redline and oxyelite like pez and still not lose an oz so just like with anything else its all reletive
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It's ALL relative, as diet and exercise play a huge role. Diet more so than anything else. Thinking you can use a fat burner and eat anything you want defeats the purpose. That'd be like running a cycle and not working out, just plain wasteful.
I used to drink a bunch of energy drinks. They're more harmful than good, in most cases, as they contain a ton of sugar and you crash pretty bad, leading to addiction where you're relying on it to pick you back up. They definitely helped me get fat.
I've had success, recently, with fat burners by sticking to a decent diet (I'm not perfect, by any means) and keeping my butt in the gym. I work with a guy who eats fat burners but has a horrible diet and doesn't work out. He fails, bottom line. You get out of it what you put in to it, and the quality of the substance goes a long way if you train in accordance with its capabilities. I can tell you, beyond a shadow of a doubt that PX Black, AND Fat Smack are solid products and will help you get where you want to go if you stick to your guns. I have pics to prove it.
 
Man the more i see that volume the more i like it. I am going to give fst7 a go later this summer!
 
Legs

160x10 2 sec squeeze
160x10
160x10
160x8 1min rest

Squats

205x10
205x10
205x10
205x10
135x8 5 second pause at bottom, 1min rest

Hacks

230x10
230x10
230x10
230x10 weight doesn't include machine 1min rest

Leg Press

270x10
270x10
270x10
270x10
270x10
270x10
270x10 :30 rest, weight does not include machine

Lying leg curl

150x10
150x10
150x10
150x8,120x8,100x8 1min rest

Had to cut things short due to wife licking herself out of the car. Had to go open it for her. Lame.

Supps
1 serving Fat Smack
1 versa-1
1 serving Formutech Endurance Berry flavor
 
PalmFist said:
Nice. Kinda like a wall squat with intensity!
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Yeah, and no wall to support you. I dropped below parallel on a couple of them due to fatigue, but it was successful overall.

On another note, I dropped my PWO when I started Fat Smack. I take my serving upon waking, approximately 1 hour PWO and it's working very well. Apparently it's timed-release and energy throughout the day is sustained very well. I'm continuing to lean out, and my stubborn back fat is progressively disappearing. I sweat more than normal during workouts, and I'm pretty thirsty all of the time. I consume 1.5-2 gallons of water a day and sometimes that doesn't feel like enough. I will post pictures within the next few days to show progress thus far.
Also, I tried Formutech's berry flavored BCAAs this morning (Endurance, courtesy of swanky). Taste was great. A little on the sweet side but I just added a little more water and that helped. It dissolves very quickly and there was no residue in my bottle once I finished it. I liked it.
 
iparatroop said:
Quality isn't even a concern. I have no question about that. From what Kleen and snags said about it, it sounds pretty damn yummy.
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The taste of Apple Fusion is really good IMO. I was skeptical because i thought it was going to be like typical sour apple but i was wrong.
 
I imagine it would taste like the typical sour apple taste too which I'm not fond of, def a product to consider at the end of the summer. Too many products dropping, I need a break cuz I want to drop 250 bucks and surround myself in dat premium finaflex quality ishhh
 
IrishSoldier said:
I imagine it would taste like the typical sour apple taste too which I'm not fond of, def a product to consider at the end of the summer. Too many products dropping, I need a break cuz I want to drop 250 bucks and surround myself in dat premium finaflex quality ishhh
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It's not sour at all. At all at all...
 
Cardio this morning. 40 minutes on the treadmill. Started with a brisk walk to slowly get heartrate up, then worked into HIIT.
Used handheld BF calculator after cardio and it nearly crushed my soul. Said 20.4%. I say "fu*k you Mr. Handheld machine, you don't know ME!" Anyway, if anything, it served as motivation but I know it's way off.

Supps
1 serving Fat Smack (this stuff is good)
1 versa-1
1 serving Endurance (melon flavor today. Yummy!)
 
iparatroop said:
It's this thing that gets me red and sweaty and makes my heart beat really fast. I swear I'm allergic, but I keep playing with fate. I have to keep my run time down, you know the drill.
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Run shmun... My goal nowadays is a brisk jog and stay under a 26 min 3 mile! Lol. I remember being lightning fast only six years ago, 20:00 PFTs and whatnot... Of course I only weighed 175 at the time. I'm at ~200 now and its not quite so easy...
 
PalmFist said:
Run shmun... My goal nowadays is a brisk jog and stay under a 26 min 3 mile! Lol. I remember being lightning fast only six years ago, 20:00 PFTs and whatnot... Of course I only weighed 175 at the time. I'm at ~200 now and its not quite so easy...
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I know the feeling. I came in the army at a whopping 137lbs. I used to run my 2 miles in 11:45. I'm somewhere around 190 right now and can still run in the low 12s, it's just more difficult.
 
So, it's been two weeks since I showed anything. Here's a pic post-breakfast. Midline is showing quite a bit more, back fat is slowly going away. Progress from start is pretty noticeable, I think. I guess this is about the halfway point from start until summer. I'm pretty sure, at this pace, I'll be shredded by my birthday (third day of summer). Still a way to go though.



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Progress pics are all still on page 1 as well.
 
iparatroop said:
Wedding all day yesterday and today is my anniversary so no gym this weekend. It's fine by me, I'm eating triscuits and drinking coffee. Back to the grind tomorrow.
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iparatroop said:
So, it's been two weeks since I showed anything. Here's a pic post-breakfast. Midline is showing quite a bit more, back fat is slowly going away. Progress from start is pretty noticeable, I think. I guess this is about the halfway point from start until summer. I'm pretty sure, at this pace, I'll be shredded by my birthday (third day of summer). Still a way to go though.

Happy late anniversary bud

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Progress pics are all still on page 1 as well.
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Dude looking very good. Great progress
 
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